Members
of the International Scientific Committee
List of contributors
Editors’ note
Introduction
C. Adle
Part I:
Continuity and change
Chapter 1.
The states of Central Asia (second half of nineteenth
century to early twentieth century),
V. Fourniau and
C. Poujol
2.
Trade and the economy (second half of nineteenth century
to early twentieth century),
C. Poujol and V.
Fourniau
3. Social structures in Central Asia,
A. Tabyshalieva
4. The British in Central Asia,
Madhavan K.
Palat
Part One: From the mid-nineteenth
century to 1918
Part Two: From 1918
to the mid-twentieth century
5. Tsarist Russia and
Central Asia,
N. A.
Abdurakhimova
6. Establishment of Soviet power in Central Asia
(1917–24),
R. Y. Radjapova
7. Intellectual and political ferment,
G. Ashurov
Part II:
Political changes and state formation
8. The evolution
of nation-states,
Madhavan K.
Palat
9. Uzbekistan,
D.
A. Alimova and
A. A. Golovanov
10. Kazakhstan,
K. Nurpeis
11.
Kyrgyzstan,
A.
Tabyshalieva
12 Tajikistan,
M. Dinorshoev
13. Turkmenistan,
M. Annanepesov
and M. Moshev
14.
The Sayan-Altai mountain region and south-eastern
Siberia,
D. Vasilev
15. Mongolia
Part One: Mongolia from
the eighteenth century to 1919,
T. Nakami
Part Two: The Mongolian People’s
Revolution of 1921 and the Mongolian People’s Republic
(1924–46),
Ts. Batbayar
Part Three: The Mongolian People’s
Republic: social transformation and its challenges
(1945–90),
J. Boldbaatar
16. Western China (Xinjiang),
Qin Huibin
17.
North India (excluding Pakistan after 1947),
Iqtidar A. Khan
18. Pakistan (since 1947),
R. Afzal
19.
Afghanistan
Part One: Afghanistan from 1850 to
1919,
C. Noelle-Karimi
Part Two: From independence to the rise
of the Taliban,
W.
Maley
and A. Saikal
20.
Iran and its eastern regions (1848–1989),
N.
Nasiri-Moghaddam
Part III:
Environment, society and culture
21. The natural
environment of Central and South Asia,
E. Shukurov
22.
The status of women (1917–90)
Part One:
The status of women in northern Central Asia,
D. A. Alimova
Part Two: Women’s movements and
changes in the legal status of women in Iran and
Afganistan (1900–90),
A.
Kian-Thiébaut
Part Three: The status of women in India and Pakistan,
S. Moosvi
23.
Education, the press and public health,
A. K. Patnaik
24. Science and technology,
W. Floor
25. The
art of the northern regions of Central Asia,
A. Khakimov
26.
The arts in eastern Central Asia
Part One:
The art and architecture of Xinjiang,
Li Sheng and
Xu Jianying
Part Two: Uighur vernacular
architecture,
R. G. Rozi
Part Three: The art and architecture of
Mongolia,
C. Atwood
27. The arts in western and southern Central Asia
Part One: Iran and Afghanistan,
W. Floor
.
Photography (C. Adle)
Part Two: India and Pakistan,
S. P. Verma
28.
Cinema and theatre,
L. L. Adams
29. Architecture and urban planning
in northern Central Asia from the Russian conquest to
the Soviet period (1865–1990),
M. Azzout
30.
Literature in Persian and other Indo-Iranian languages
Part One: Literature in Persian,
H. Javadi
Part Two: Literature in Dari,
H. Javadi
Part Three: Literature in Tajik,
A. Alimardonov
Part Four: Literature in other
Indo-Iranian languages,
I. Hasnain
31. Literature in Turkic and Mongolian
Part
One:
Literature in Turkic,
R. Dor
Part
Two: Literature in Mongolian,
G. Kara
Conclusion
Madhavan K. Palat
Maps
1. Tsarist Russia and Central Asia
2. Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics (USSR), Russian Federation and the
republics of Central Asia
3.Mongolia and western
China (Xinjiang)
4. British India
5. India and Pakistan
6.
Afghanistan and Iran
7. The natural environment of
Central and South Asia
8. Present-day Central Asia
Bibliography and References
Glossary
Index
Towards the Contemporary
Period: From the Mid-nineteenth to the End of the
Twentieth Century
